Recent content by lrobin5000

Sorry everyone, the camera has been sold.

Andy, thanks for that offer but since it's totally my mistake, I don't want to inconvenience you anymore. Also, I just don't think I'm going to find a camera in my price range that's going to work for what I need. fenderman, i definitely agree with you but I'm actually using this camera for...

I'm new to these cameras and keep purchasing the wrong one. I originally got the Z12 but realized I needed motorized PTZ. I exchanged it and got this camera ((Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z) thinking it had motorized PTZ. Wrong again! So, I am not going to be able to use...

I have a question about the zoom on the IPC HDW5231R-Z. I'm still trying to learn about these high quality cameras and probably got ahead of myself. I purchased the IPC-HDW5231E-Z12 with 12x zoom thinking the long zoom would result in the highest quality but figured out right away that it was...

ThomasPI, I respect the fact that many people ask questions in forums that could be easily answered with the manual for the product. However, in this case, I have downloaded the manual, the quick start guide and every other possible document from the dahua website. It is still not clear to me...

Thanks bug99 for the reply. Another stupid question (or 2)- does the camera require anything other than a poe cable? All the pics of installs that I see have some other type of box/housing near the camera. I figured POE takes care of everything. If I add an external mic, will that require...

I'll start by saying that all my ip camera experience has been with digital zoom. I had no idea how much difference optical zoom makes until I started reading these forums and seeing the example images. So, from what I can tell, the IPC-HFW5231E-Z5 would be a good "starter" camera for me. In...